robert rogers and submitted a paper to candidates listing possible reforms. so many candidates were standing on a platform of reform. he submitted a paper to all of us and said these are the things that could be done. and there were things that could be done by the speaker, others that would require a decision of the house, and there were some matters that took ministerial action, etc. the things that i could do, i have done. i can speed up question time. not specifically question time, although we do make more progress than we did. we had explained in other speeches and made vast progress on question time than we did. have revived the urgent question is a mean of scrutiny. i can grant an application by a member of parliament. urgent question to be asked of a minister. a minister has to be conscious that he or she declines to make a statement on which the house wants a statement, someone will put in a urgent question. i think two were granted the year before, entirely for the speaker to decide. of the last 12 months, we've had 25. all of them had one thing in

> i ought to say that prior to the election of the speaker, the right fully respected roger -- robert rogers. he offered to come, he is the second most senior person in the house second only to the clerk of the house. it was listing possible reforms, because so many candidates for standing on a platform of reform, need for reform, urgent reform. he submitted a paper, these a the things that could be done. and there some things that can be done by the will of the speaker, others requiring the decision of the house, and some where there are matters of administered action, etc., etc.. the things that i could do, i doubt i can speed up the conduct of question time. we do make a bit more progress than we did, but we explained in other speeches. horrifies the urgent question as a means of certainty. -- i realized the urgent question as a means a certainty. an urgent question can be asked about the minister and the exchange is followed for 20 to 35 minutes on the matter. somebody will put an urgent question to me. in the last 12 months, i have had 25. they all have in common there were urgent and o

robert novak. after graduating from roger williams university, jason became the media spokesperson fighting liberalsthe airwaves and in the print media. he is a national treasure. he is known for his trademark ambush videos. he has gone after charlie rangel and white house press secretary robert gibbs, forcing them to account for their lives on film. he recently wrote a new york times best selling book. he has appeared on multiple television programs and radio programs. please welcome a great conservative warrior. [applause] >> how are you guys doing this morning? good? some of you look a little hong over. i will not call you out. raise your hand. [laughter] at least he is honest. i am not sure you heard the news since you have been at the conference. bristol palin told people magazine that she broke up with levi johnston for good. [applause] if you are keeping track, a few weeks ago, she told another magazine that they were getting married. they shocked the world. she still feels betrayed by levi johnston. she has not gotten over the fact that he posed nude for playgirl and possibly impregnated ano